we also saw an attack on the pentagon. it didn't destroy the pentagon. it didn't cause the number of casualties would you see in a major battle, although every life lost was a tragedy. but it was a psychological blow to the united states. it was in some ways the foundational principle of terrorism. how do you exact the greatest amount of terror, a lack of confidence, a fear in a people, particularly in the civilian population, while doing what would be relatively speaking a small amount of damage? and i don't want to diminish the amount of physical damage that was done. but relative to the scenes that we have seen from world war ii, for destruction of entire cities, for destruction of buildings and infrastructure that existed not for years, not for decades, but for centuries, and yet the threat is as great as the threats we have faced before. and within the context of this war of terror, as opposed to the war on terror, because the war is really against those who would destroy us, utilizing terror, i don't think you should define a war as against the tac